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E.C. Manning Provincial Park

Friday, June 19th, 2020

TRAIL CONDITIONS REPORT

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Synopsis for June 19th, 2020

Backcountry Camping fees are in affect. The fee for camping in the backcountry

of Manning Park is $5.00 per person, per night. Backcountry camping permits can be

purchased at Discover Camping up to two weeks prior to your visit. This permit is not a

reservation for a specific campsite in a backcountry camp. You must retain your permit

while camping. Day use hiking does not require a permit.

T rails and day-use areas in Manning Park are open for people to enjoy. BC Parks

is asking visitors to be responsible and ensure everyone is following the Public

Health Officer orders and recommendations. Signal your presence on trails and

avoid clustering in day-use areas. Find out more on the next page!

Please be aware that our trails – especially those in the sub-alpine – are

especially vulnerable to erosion from foot traffic. Do not trail braid, use

only designated trails. Another consideration is the abundance of

animals out and about looking for food. Use proper precautions when

hiking and camping in bear and cougar country!

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COVID-19 & BC Parks

H iking a trail and exploring the outdoors benefits our body and mind.

Especially in a pandemic as some of us may be feeling stress from self-

isolation. The novel coronavirus has changed how we can experience the

outdoors. E.C. Manning Park’s vast trail network provides an opportunity for

park visitors to explore the outdoors while also socially distancing, as outlined by Dr.

Bonnie Henry our public health officer. Even with our vast trail network there will be

occasions where it is difficult to keep a 2 metre distance between other park visitors.

With your help we can continue to keep each other safe and our parks open!

• Bring protective gloves to prevent your skin from coming into

contact with surfaces in park facilities

• Bring hand sanitizer to sanitize hands when going in and out of

park facilities and cleaning hands regularly

• Bring your own toilet paper

Stay in your care until you can keep 2 metres apart

Staying Apart Starts in the Parking Lot

Be a Safe Trail User

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Important Considerations

Weather

• Unpredictable weather may occur at anytime of year. Use local Hope and/or

Princeton weather as a source for planning your trip, and prepare accordingly.

Communication

• There is limited cell service in the Park; your phone WILL NOT WORK in most

locations.

Wildlife

• To help prevent conflict with wildlife, and for the respect of other park users, dogs

must be on a leash at all times, and picked up after.

• Please do not feed wildlife as this will habituate animals to human behaviour and

food. This will result in animals aggressively swooping or scurrying for food.

Conservation

• To protect the Park’s ecological values, please stay on trails at all times.

Determine Which Trail to Hike

Trail difficulty is based on the length of the trail section, change in elevation, and trail type

for average park visitor.

Trail type is defined as:

• Type I: 1.5 to 2.5 m wide, paved, crushed gravel, or boardwalk , less that 10% grade

• Type II: 1.5 m wide, gravel surfacing in wet areas, up to 15% grade

• Type III: 0.5 m wide, grade greater that 15%

• Type IV: up to 0.3 m wide, lightly used wilderness trail, tread as worn not grubbed

out, infrequent maintenance

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Trails Conditions Report

Trail

Est.

Distance

One-way

Est.

Time One

-way

Estimated

Elevation

gained

Trail

Type Trail Condition

Beaver Pond

(Maintained by Manning Park resort)

500m 10 min Very Little Type II Trail closed for hazard tree removal

Paintbrush


Closed until Canada Day Weekend

Rein Orchid


600m 15 min Very little Type II Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

Rhododendron Flats (Maintained by Manning Park resort)

1 km 20 min 40m Type II Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

Strawberry Flats

(from Strawberry

Flats to Gibson Pass

Ski Hill)


4.5 km 2 hrs 125m Type I Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

Sumallo Grove


1 km 30 min Very little Type II Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

Twenty Minute Lake (Maintained by Manning Park resort)

1 km 20 min 10m Type II Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020. Wet spots along trail

Little Muddy


5 km 1 hr 100m Type I

Similkameen river has flooded the trail

south of the bridge on the Gibson Pass

road. Trail cleared of windfall as of June

18, 2020

East Similkameen (Maintained by BC PARKS)

4.7 km 2 hrs 75m Type II &

III

Windfall has been cut on first 2km from

Windy Joe trail, windfall and localized

flooding from 2km to Castle Creek. No

bridge at Castle Creek; dur for

replacement this season.

West Similkameen (Maintained by BC PARKS)

2.1 km 1 hr 75m Type II Trail clear of trees as of June 17, 2020

Easy Trails

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Trail

Est.

Distance

One-way

Est.

Time One

-way

Estimated

Elevation

gained

Trail


Canyon Nature


2 km 45 min 50m Type II Expect windfall on trail

Monument 78

(Maintained by BC PARKS)

12 km 4 hrs 200m Type III

Snow free but expect wet sections and

some windfall. Trail should be cut out

shortly with assistance from the

Backcountry Horsemen

Dry Ridge


.7 km 40 min 75m Type III Expect windfall on trail

Engineers Loop


1 km 15 min 200m Type III Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

Heather (From

Blackwall Peak

parking to Buckhorn

Camp


Closed Until Canada Day Weekend to help protect high-

value seasonal bear habitat and reduce trail erosion

Heather (From

Buckhorn Camp to

Kicking horse Camp)



Heather (From Kicking

Horse Camp to

Nicomen Camp)



Lightening Lake Loop

(Around Lighting Lake)


9 km 3 hrs 200 Type III Windfall on trail

Lightning Lake (To and

around Rainbow

Bridge)


4.5 km 2 hrs 10m Type II Windfall on trail

Lightning Lake (Flash

Lake Loop) 3.5 km 1.5 hrs Very Little Type III

Snow and windfall free on North side of

Flash Lake, expect windfall and flooded

sections on south side of lake.

Lightning Lake (From

Lightning Lake to

Flash Lake and Strike

Camp)

2 km 30 min 31 Type III Trail clear of trees as of June 17, 2020.

Camp has been cleaned.

Moderate Trails

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Trail

Est.

Distance

One-way

Est.

Time One

-way

Estimated

Elevation

gained

Trail


Lightning Lake (Strike

Camp to Thunder Lake) (Maintained by BC PARKS)

3 km 1 hr 30m Type III Trail clear of trees as of June 17, 2020.

Expect some brushy sections

North Gibson


3.5 km 1.5 hrs 90m Type III Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

South Gibson (Maintained by

Manning Park resort) 3.5 km 1.5 hrs 90m Type II

Trail cleared of windfall as of June 18,

2020

Three Falls


9 km

(Return) 2-3 hrs

160m

(one-way) Type III Expect windfall on trail

Moderate Trails

Difficult Trails

Trail

Est.

Distance

One-way

Est.

Time One

-way

Estimated

Elevation

gained

Trail


Bonnevier (From

Eastgate Portal—the

Bear to Heather Trail)




Bonnevier—Upper

East Gate Bypass




Dewdney (from

Casacade Parking to

Whipsaw FSR)

36 km 10 hrs 1131m Type III Majority of trees have been removed.

Expect some large trees on trail.

Grainger Creek (from

Hope Pass Trail to

Nicomen Lake)

9 km 3 hrs 952m Type III Expect windfall and lingering patches of

snow.

Hope Pass (From

Cayuse Flats to

Whipsaw FSR)


24 km 7 hrs 1000m Type III Expect windfall and lingering patches of

snow

Windy Joe (From West

Similkameen)


5.5 km 2 hrs 525m Type II Trail clear of trees as of June 17, 2020.

Expect minor wet sections

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Difficult Trails

Trail

Est.

Distance

One-way

Est.

Time One

-way

Estimated

Elevation

gained

Trail


Mt. Frosty (From

Lightning Lake Day

Use)


10.5 km 3.5 hrs 1150m Type III

Trail cleared and snow-free to 4km.

Expect windfall and snow patches past

4km

Mt. Frosty (From

Windy Joe Trail to

Summit)


7 km 3 hrs 854m Type III

Expect snow near upper end of trail and

heavy windfall from the junction of Windy

Joe. Rangers are working to clear

windfall over the coming 2 weeks.

Memaloose Trail

(From Highway 3 to

Poland Lake)

9 km 3 hrs 427m Type IV Expect snow and windfall.

Mount Outram (From

Westgate — The

Marmot)

(Maintained by BC PARKS to 2km, Rec

Sites and Trails thereafter)

10 km 3.5 hrs 1699m Type IV Expect snow and windfall

Monument 83


16 km 7 hrs 859m Type II

Expect windfall and snow on upper

sections. Rangers and BC Wildfire

Service working to cut windfall over the

next two weeks.

Nicomen Lake (From

Nicomen Lake to Hope

Pass Trail)


7.5 km 2.5 hrs 31m Type IV Expect snow and a few windfall

Pacific Crest (From

Windy Joe Trail to

Border)


8 km 2.5 hrs 450m Type III Snow free but expect a few windfall

Poland Lake (From

Strawberry Flats) (Maintained by MANNING PARK

8 km 4 hrs 665m Type II Expect snow patches and windfall on trial

Skagit Bluffs (From

Cayuse Flats to

Cascade Parking) (Maintained by BC PARKS)

5.6 km 2.5 hrs 225m Type III

Trail clear of trees as of May 8, 2020.

New bridges over wet sections and brush

cut last season

Skagit River (in Skagit

Valley Provincial

Park)

(Maintained by BC PARKS—South

Coast Region)

16 km 4 hrs Type III

CLOSED: Trail was burnt in 2018 causing

extensive erosion and hazard tree issues.

Due to be repaired this season

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Difficult Trails

Trail

Est.

Distance

One-way

Est.

Time One

-way

Estimated

Elevation

gained

Trail


Skyline (From

Lightning Lake to

Strawberry Flats)

16.6 km 5 hrs 775m Type III Windfall cut to 2km from Lightning Lake

trail, expect windfall and snow thereafter

Skyline II (From

Despair Pass to

Mowich Camp)

12.5 km 3 hrs 469m Type III

& IV Expect snow and windfall

Silverdaisy Mountain

(crown Land into

Skagit Valley

Provincial Park)

10 km 2.5 hrs Type IV Unknown

Warburton Loop (To

and from the Dewdney

Trail)


7 km 2 hrs 280m Type IV Expect snow and windfall

Whatcom (To and from

the Dewdney Trail)(Maintained by BC PARKS)

9.5 km 4 hrs 1081m Type IV Expect windfall and snow on upper

sections

Acknowledgements

As the 2020 Summer season in Manning Park starts we want to thank and acknowledge

all the volunteers and crews who help clear and brush the trails!

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